**"I enjoyed everything about Damien Love's debut--its title, its
breakneck action, its sly sense of humor. I wish my first novel had been
as imaginative and assured." --Anthony Horowitz, New York Times
bestselling author of the Alex Rider series
**
On a winter's day in a British town, twelve-year old Alex receives a
package in the mail: an old tin robot from his grandfather. "This one is
special," says the enclosed note, and when strange events start
occurring around him, Alex suspects this small toy is more than special;
it might be deadly.
Right as things get out of hand, Alex's grandfather arrives, pulling him
away from an attack--and his otherwise humdrum world of friends,
bullies, and homework--and into the macabre magic of an ancient family
feud. Together, the duo flees across snowy Europe, unraveling the riddle
of the little robot while trying to outwit relentless assassins of the
human and mechanical kind.
With an ever-present admiration for the hidden mysteries of our world,
Monstrous Devices plunges readers into a gripping adventure that's
sure to surprise.